Global-Scale Similarities in Nitrogen Release Patterns During Long-Term Decomposition

By W. Parton, Whendee Silver, I. Burke, L. Grassens, M. Harmon, W. Currie, J. King, E. Adair, L. Brandt, S. Hart and 1 more. Science, 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science

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Decomposition and nutrient dynamics in mixed litter of Mediterranean species (2010, background): “The published literature consistently reported the N content and the C/N ratio as key parameters to assess litter decay rate and the related patterns of nutrient release (Melillo et al. 1982; Berg and McClaugherty 2003; Parton et al. 2007).”
Organic amendments as sustainable tool to recovery fertility in intensive agricultural systems (2015, background): “C/N ratio is considered an important parameter to predict organic C mineralization rate and dynamical patterns of the nutrient release (Parton et al., 2007; Berg and McClaugherty, 2008).”
Nitrogen addition stimulates forest litter decomposition and disrupts species interactions in Patagonia, Argentina (2011, background): “In our study, C : N ratio of N-releasing and N-accumulating litter did not differ significantly (44 and 47, respectively), suggesting that at local scale, litter initial N is not the only controlling factor of N dynamics, in contrast to observed global patterns (Parton et al., 2007).”
Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics (2009, background): “Journal compilation © 2008 British Ecological Society, Functional Ecology employ experimental set-ups in which a range of litter types are decomposed across a variety of different biomes (Vitousek et al. 1994; Gholz et al. 2000; Hobbie et al. 2006, 2007; Parton et al. 2007).”
Grazing triggers soil carbon loss by altering plant roots and their control on soil microbial community (2009, background): “7 is sufficient to cover the requirements of microbes (Waksman & Tenney 1927; Melin 1930; Parton et al. 2007).”
Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Two Tropical Forests: Ecosystem-Level Patterns and Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization (2009, background): “Nitrogen immobilization into decomposing litter is common across tropical forests, and rates of decomposition are sensitive to litter N concentrations in both temperate and tropical forests (Berg and Matzner 1997; Cusack and others 2009; Hobbie and Vitousek 2000; Parton and Silver 2007 ).”
Plant traits, litter quality and decomposition in a Mediterranean old-field succession (2007, neutral): “N loss rate from litter, which was related to the decay process, depended on the same litter chemical compounds (cf. Parton et al. 2007 ).”
Strategies for Enhancing the Effectiveness of Metagenomic-based Enzyme Discovery in Lignocellulolytic Microbial Communities (2010, background): “A recent study identified tropical forest soils as the fastest decomposing soils of plant material compared to all other biomes globally [39].”
Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high‐elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them (2009, background): “…both the site and the litter identity influence decomposition, which is similar to many other studies (McClaugherty et al. 1985; Hunt et al. 1988; Aerts 1997; Wardle, Bonner & Nicholson 1997; Gholz et al. 2000; Trofymow et al. 2002; Hobbie et al. 2006; Parton et al. 2007; Cornwell et al. 2008).”
Causes and implications of the correlation between forest productivity and tree mortality rates (2011, background): “…using standard wood and root substrates still show much more rapid decomposition in tropical than in temperate environments (Wong et al. 2004, Parton et al. 2007, González et al. 2008; M. E. Harmon, B. Fasth, H. Chen, W. J. Parton, J. Sexton, I. C. Burke, W. S. Currie, and Long-term…”
Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. (2008, background): “…11: 1065–1071 doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01219.x Litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems has a profound effect on global carbon cycles (Prentice et al. 2001; Canadell et al. 2007) through litter carbon respiration as well as litter accumulated as potential fuel for wildfires (Sitch…”